Back in the good old days when bashing BAPCPA was in vogue, I posited here that BAPCPA's "debt relief agency" provisions
"look more like an effort to create a consumer bankruptcy lawyer clone who, much
like the ever-multiplying Agent Smith from The Matrix-Reloaded , speaks and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision June 7 affirmed an appellate court's ruling and held that when a bankruptcy court calculates a debtor's projected disposable income, the court may account for changes in the debtor's income or expenses that are known...

Congressman Ruben Hinojosa was one of many
representatives who voted for the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer
Protection Act of 2005. As a chapter 11 debtor, he will now be tested to see
whether must follow the same rules he voted for, as well as those previously in
place. In re Ruben Hinojosa...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) Severance payments fall within the Federal Insurance Contributions Act’s (FICA) definition of wages and are taxable, Assistant to the Solicitor General Eric J. Feigin told the U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 14 in arguments presented on behalf of the United States...